Year-End Review

1. Was 2006 a good year for you?

Better than most, actually

2. What was your favorite moment(s) of the year?

I think it might have been going on the roller coaster in Vegas with Alex and Shannon.

3. What was your least favorite moment(s) of the year?

When the brakes died while driving Alex’s car. I still cringe with terror when I let myself imagine what would have happened if I had been going faster.

4. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?

G-rated answer: visited the Elron Hubman Museum Exhibition. Step 1 in our ultimate plan of infiltration.

5. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don’t really do that. Although I do do this whole Angel Cards ritual with my group of friends. This year I chose the word “Openness”. I have to say that I didn’t work on openness, I didn’t even remember what my word was, I had to check … but openness has been a huge thing for me this year. In more ways than one.

6. Where were you when 2006 began?

I was home, in bed.

7. Who were you with?

What an impertinent question.

8. Where will you be when 2006 ends?

At home, in bed.

9. Who will you be with when 2006 ends?

Again with the impertinence.

10. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yes. Kate – one of my best friends on the planet. And also my friend Kerry. Both gave birth to little boys – within days of each other. Oh, and many of my cousins also gave birth this year – I just saw all the new babies over Christmas. Hard to keep them all straight. “Whose baby am I holding right now?” “Which one is crying?” “That’s Declan.” “Uh-huh. And whose baby is that? Sorry … and Nolan belongs to who???” Etc.

11. Did you lose anybody close to you in 2006?

knock wood no

12. Who did you miss?

When Michael left after his visit with me I missed him terribly. My apartment felt totally empty without him. I even cried a little bit.

I also miss Kate and being near her. Especially this year when she had her baby.

I miss Cashel. I miss my brother and Melody.

I miss Mitchell. And Alex.

13. Who was the best new person you met in 2006?

Shannon, definitely. We all had SUCH a blast in Vegas, and I loved meeting her. Great great lady.

14. What was your favorite month of 2006?

I’ll go with January. That was when I went to LA – it was one of the best vacations I’ve ever had (even with the whole brakes fiasco)

15. Did you travel outside of the US in 2006?

No

16. How many different states did you travel to in 2006?

8 or 9? Not sure.

17. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?

a book deal

18. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

Oct. 23, 2006

19. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Sewanee Review

20. What was your biggest failure?

I failed to return Blockbuster videos on time. Pretty much 100% of the time.

21. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I’m sick as hell right now.

22. What was the best thing you bought?

This accordion-folding white net hamper thing. Changed my life. Got it from The Container Store.

23. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Tommy Crooze. Keep it up with the crazy!! Love it!

24. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Brit-Brit.

25. Where did most of your money go?
Books

26. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Going to see Grey Gardens

27. Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2006?

I rarely drink to excess, or get drunk – but if you put together all the alcohol I have consumed in an entire year, it would probably seem like a lot.

28. Did you do a lot of drugs in 2006?

No.

29. Did you treat somebody badly in 2006?

Yes. And I feel badly about it.

30. Did somebody treat you badly in 2006?

My mind’s a blank. I guess not. Or if they did it made no lasting impact.

31. Compared to this time last year, are you:

I hate comparisons. I won’t do this one except to say that I am definitely thinner now.
i. happier or sadder?
ii. thinner or fatter?
iii. richer or poorer?

32. What do you wish you’d done more of in 2006?

traveling

sex

33. What do you wish you’d done less of?

worrying

34. Did you fall in love in 2006?

no

35. What was your favorite TV program(s)?

I fell madly in love with Without a Trace this year. It appears to be on 24/7 … which is bad because I could lose hours of my life this way.

36. What song will always remind you of 2006?

Probably “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, by Mariah Carey. Long story.

37. How many concerts did you see in 2006?

I saw Liza in Vegas.

38. Did you have a favorite concert in 2006?

Liza. It’s one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen.

39. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Mike Viola

40. What was the best book you read?

Oh God. Maybe Stalin: The First In-depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia’s Secret Archives by Edvard Radzinsky. I’ll have to think more about that. I read A Lotus Grows in the Mud and adored it (I highly recommend it). I also was very impressed with The Historian and Life of Pi.

41. What was your favorite film of this year?

Either The Departed or Stranger Than Fiction

42. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I didn’t do anything on my birthday. I think I watched a movie. But it was a nice birthday. I’m not into parties.

43. What did you want and get?

What am I, 9 years old?

44. What did you want and not get?

What am I, 6 years old?

45. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

I really try not to think that way. Uhm – how about a husband?

46. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?

huh?

47. What kept you sane?

Flynn

48. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Dane Cook

49. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.

Nope, I won’t tell.

50. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
I guess I wasn’t the best one to ask
Me myself with my face pressed up against love’s glass
To see the shiny toy I’d been hoping for
The one I never can afford
The wide world spins and spits turmoil and the nations toil
Peace
The paws of fear upon her chest
Only love can sooth that beast
And my words are paper tigers
No match for the predator of pain inside her

I say love will come to you
Hoping just because I spoke the words that they’re true
If I offered up a crystal ball to look through
Where there’s now one there will be two

I was born under the sign of Cancer
Like brushing cloth I smooth the wrinkles for an answer
I’m always closing my eyes and wishing I’m fine
Even though I’m not this time

I say love will come to you
Hoping just because I spoke the words that they’re true
If I offered up a crystal ball to look through
Where there’s now one there will be two

Dodging your memories
A field of knives
I’m always on the outside looking in on others’ lives

I say love will come to you
Hoping just because I spoke the words that they’re true
And if I’ve offered up a crystal ball to look through
Where there’s now one there will be two

And I wish her insight to battle love’s blindness
Strength from the milk of human kindness
A safe place for all the pieces that scatter
Learn to pretend there’s more than love that matters